Re: BJ's right, BASIC program in FAQ can't retype $00

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5ilm46$1ing@uni.library.ucla.edu>,
 <pubpc1@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
>Nate, the FAQ needs to be revised.  The "Filetype Mismatch" error
>that BASIC.System responds with is not due to resource forks at all.
>It is due to BASIC.System's inability to deal with filetype $00.

   Scott, you're wrong. I just tested this on my GS with System 6.0.1
(ProDOS 8 2.0.3) by doing the following:

1) Boot GS/OS to finder. 'Duplicate' /BOOT/Basic.System (chosen
because I know it has no resource fork) to 'test.system'. Use Bill
Tudor's "More Info" FExt to change filetype to $00.

2) Launch Basic.System v1.5 from Finder. With 'cat', verify that
'test.system' is listed with filetype $00. Then, "BLOAD test.system,
a$2000,t$00" was executed. A quick memory dump in that area reveals
that it has been loaded. "rename test.system,test2.system" also worked
fine, no errors.

3) Just to pull GS/OS out of the picture, reboot and 8-boot to ProDOS
8, same Basic.System. I can still bload it, and rename it no problem.

   You're the first to ever claim that Basic.System has any sort of
problem with filetype $00. You claim to have attempted to retype a TXT
file, but have neglected to remember that even TXT files can have
resource forks attached to them, which has been the problem for ProDOS
8 right from the beginning. Try again with a file known not to have
a resource fork (which is why I picked a copy of Basic.System for my
above test).

   The FAQ's instructions for changing the filetype of BINSCII.TXT
from $00 or anything else to TXT will remain unchanged unless someone
can demonstrate that a specific vresion combo of ProDOS and
Basic.System do have a problem with files of type $00 that is
unrelated to resource forks.

Nathan Mates


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